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18. sentences with coordinate and subordinate clauses, writing commas

coordinate clauses

The clause has the coordinate relationship when it has the same information without any dependence to the other clause. Sentenceswithcoordinate clauses are createdeasilyby usingconjunctionsor articles between particular clauses. Here they are:

conjunctive

i
ni ... ni ...

and
neither ... nor ...

disjunctive

ili
i ili

(either) or
or (logically)

contradicted

ale, no

but

causal

bo, zatožeda

because in order to/that

implicative

ako ..., potom ..., inako ...

if ..., then ..., else ...

examples:

Včera je byla velika zima, i my jesmo ostali doma. = Yesterdaywasa bigcold, and we stayedhome.Budete li letěti samoletom, ili hočete iti autom? = Will You fly by a plane, or You do You want to go by a car?Jesmo se učili Esperanto, ale ne jest to znajemy jezyk. = We learned Esperanto, but it is not a known language.Učihmo Esperanto, ale ne běše to znajemy jezyk. = We learned Esperanto, but it was not a known language.Učimo se govoriti medžuslovjansky, bo hočemo razuměti Slověnom. = We learn to speak Interslavic, because we want to understand Slavic people.Hočemo, da imate dobro vrěme! = We wantyou to havegood weather!Ako bude dobro vrěme, potom idemo do prirody. = If there will be the good weather, then we will go to the countryside/nature.

subordinate clauses

Two clauses have the subordinate relationship when one clause (e.g. subordinate) has dependent content on the other clause (e.g. superordinate). This means, that the subordinate clauses cannot stand alonewithout theircontrolelements contained in superordinate clauses.

In Neoslavonic, the subordinate clause must begin by some referential grammatical element, which represents something from corresponding superordinate clause. This can be done by:

any interrogative pronoun, numeral or adverb (e.g. ktory, koliko, kogda, ...). Here the interrogative pronoun, numeral or adverb refers to some noun, numeral or adverb from the superordinate clause.

examples:

Govorim, že to ne jest dobre. = I say, that this is not good. (že→govorim)Kto jest tamtoj člověk, ktory imaje zeleno auto? = Who is that man, who has a green car? (ktory→člověk)Ne hoču auto, v ktorom jest slaby motor. = I do not want a car,in which theengineis weak. (ktore→auto)Moj prijatelj, jegože mlada žena tamo ide, jest bolestny. = My friend, whose young wife is going there, is sick. (jegože→prijatelj)Ne znaju točno, koliko imajemo ljudij. = I do not know, how many people we have. (koliko→točno)Idemo do prirody, kogda je dobro vrěme. = We will go to the countryside/nature, when there is the good weather. (kogda→do prirody)